‘Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.’ Coco Chanel ‘Manchester United?’ said Michael Jackson, after watching a football match with Mohamed Fayed at Fulham in 1999. ‘I don’t know them. How much are they?’
Luxury is relative, they say. A certain oligarch can buy a 3,999 metres long mega yacht, with chopper on the roof and African buffalos in the back yard, then stuff it with 1,287 guests, dancing to Rihanna – she was booked in extremis, and couldn’t refuse the offer, therefore left 75,000 kids high and dry ...
